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When is a limitation that does not use the operative term "means" still a means plus function limitation?

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• Posted on: May 25th, 2007 by James Yang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (EFI) are the assignee and exclusive licensee of U.S. Pat. No. 4,500,919 (’919 Patent) which discloses a color processing system for producing copies of originals. The claims of the ’919 Patent contained two different limitations which do not recite the operative “means” term so as [...]

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